The Irish standard., 1887-12-03
RANDOM SHOTS.


4 Many OF the readers Of the STANI
ARD are probably not aware OF the fac
that we have an Orange Society in th
city. The admirers Of King William
meet occasionally in their lodge q
Nicollet avenue and not long since fit
1 Of the brethren, it is said, went in
/ body to Calvary Baptist church out o
respect to the pastor, who recently gav'
q ingual castlgation to Catholics
| The pastor aforesaid is a man aftel
their own heart, and his onslaught
must have reminded them Of roaring
Hanna whose blood-thirs5y pulpit
harangues some of them have often
listened to with delight and admira
tion.
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The Orangemen change their CLINE
but rarely, if ever, change their al
legiance or their prejudices. They
celebrated last summer the Queen 's
Jubilee at Buffalo Lake and would IN
doubtedIy nave celebrated the anniyeE
sary of the Boyne OF the 18th OF July
were they sufficiently numerous to turn
out in a parade with ife and drum to
play such delicious Orange airs as
kick the Pope and ':Croppies Lie
Down" They scarcely ever become
citizens, as they can hold real estate
here as aliens and prefer to remain
subjects Of Victoria, whose health they
usually toast before that Of the presi
dent, at social gatherings.
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We have several prominent Orange
men in this city, some Of them being
engaged in commercial and profession
al pursuits. The most Of them pass
for Scotch and Scotch Irish, being
ashamed Of calling themselves Irish,
pure and simple, One OF them while
conversing with me lately, said he was
q Scotchman born in the north Of Ire.
land, believing, l presume, in the prin-
ciple that man born iii stable is not
necessarily an equine.
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There is a rabid Orangenlan filling
all official position in the city now, but
it is quite doubtful if he has eyer got
naturaijzed. When he came to the city
a few years ago he was a Republican
and cast his first vote for the God-and
morality party He is now a hard-sbell
Democrat Of tie old school. and it is
ruruored that when in his cups he talks
ferociously of his Democratic brethren
who happen to be Irish Catholics.
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Quite recently q, morning paper con-
tained a letter from an Orangen,an,
yehelnently denying that tbere is III eN-
istence such a literary ,'bric a-brac'' as
an Orangeman's toast. He is evidently
unacquainted with the history OF his
own organization as the sequel will
show.
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For the edihcation Of the brethren
who, perchance, may honor this con-
tribution with a perusal, [ will copy a
few passages from the Orangenen's
charter toast, a literary Sbric 81 brac"
given by Sir Jonah Darlington III "Per-
soual Sketches of His Own Times" +" Sir
Jonah, by 5be way, was q ''belted
knight and q that" as the prefix OF no.
bility indicates, and was also staunch
Protestant ard legal subject OF his gra-
cious majesty the king; consequently
he may be accepted as an impartial
when speaking OF the truly
loval" who met to honor King William
by their hacchanalian orgies ln Skin
ners Alley, Dublin, in the good old
days when Lord Mayors Of Nationals
tic tendencies were unknown in the
capital on tie Liffey.
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Sir Jonah tells us that every Orange
man unbuttonets the knees Of his
breeches and knelt on his bare joints
before drinking the following toast:
The glorious, pions and immortal
memory OF the great and good King
William, not forgetting Oliver Crom-
we'll. who assisted in reneaming US
from Popery, slavery. arbitrary power,
orass money and wooden shoes. He
that won't drink this, whether he be
priest, bishop. deacon, bellows blower,
crave digger, Or any other Of the fra
jernity Of the clergy, may the north
wind blow him to the south. and the
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